Like a Prayer

[Madonna] God? [spoken] “I like Madonna because she shares my rebel spirit. ‘I'm equal too, and I’ll use my power to show you. Oh yeah, my friends? We're all showing you now.'” [Madonna’s “Bedtime Story” begins.] [spoken] “I also admire what a hard worker she is. I also admire how she’s a control freak about her individual expression. I also admire how she unlocked feminine energy into something more explosively powerful than masculine energy could ever hope to be.” [Music continues.] [spoken] “Madonna mеrged Michael Jackson's superstardom with Old Hollywood's еmotional appeal.” [Madonna] Today is the last day That I am using words They've gone out, lost their meaning Don't function anymore… [spoken] “Colson Lin and Lana Del Rey are just smoking, watching, barely talking to each other.” [Madonna] Let's Let's Let's get unconscious, honey [spoken] “I’m going to cover ‘Like a Prayer,’ I just decided. You all should have suspected the Second Coming was coming after Madonna took over world culture, no offense.” [Madonna] Today is the last day That I'm using words… [spoken] “By making the signs of the Second Coming this massive… (including Madonna’s very existence in our reality) …I really feel like I'm catching all of you with your pants down?” [Choral voices enter.] [spoken] “Ever since I was a child, I paid attention to what Hollywood have-it-alls do for the have-nots—and I know I'm not alone. We have a lot of examples of that in American history, don't we? We also have… exceptions to the rule. The rule is: ‘You hoard and forget, you hoard and forget, you hoard and forget…’” Life is a mystery Everyone must stand alone You hear me call your name And it feels like… Home [spoken] “This one's for you, Madge.” When I call your name, it's like a little prayer You're down on your skis, you want to take—me—there In the alpine hour You can feel my power It's just like a prayer, you want to take me there… [spoken] “I catch coincidences randomly. Poetic and unlikely synchronicities exist. If materialism is correct? Everything that exists is material. Poetic and unlikely synchronicities that exist materially are miraculous, just like literally everything else about our existence has been.” 'Cause everybody's living In a material world And She is a material girl You know, we are living In a material girl And She's a Pepsi-Cola girl [spoken] “Am I saying all of scientific materialism has to make room for the ‘on' state of a teleological reality?” Your heart is not open So I must go… [spoken] “Yes, actually.” Life is a mystery Everyone must stand alone You hear me call your name And it feels like… Home Creation comes when you learn to say “no” Your heart is not open So I must go [Lana Del Rey: “Like vanilla icies…”] Don't treat me rough Treat me really niches You're frozen When your heart's not open When I call your name, it's like a little prayer You're down on your skis, you want to take—me—there (You're frozen When your heart's not open) In the alpine hour You can feel my power It's just like a prayer, you want to take me there… (You're frozen When your heart's not open) When I call your name, it's like a little prayer You're down on your skis, you want to take—me—there In the alpine hour (It's like a ray of light) You can feel my power It's just like a prayer, you want to take me there… You're frozen When your heart's not open Here she comes Little miss black widow First, she spins her web Then she's… [Madonna: “You’ll be sorry, you’ll be sorry…”] You're frozen When your heart's not open Don't just stand there You can do it Strike a match There's nothin' to it [spoken] “I most admire her work for Malawi.” [Madonna: “Bitch”]